Guide to the Scriptures

Music

Melodies and rhythms sung and played since early biblical times to express joy, praise, and worship (2 Sam. 6:5). It can be a form of prayer. The psalms were probably sung to simple melodies and accompanied by instruments.

Miriam, the sister of Aaron and Moses, took a timbrel and she and the women danced, Ex. 15:20.

The Levites who were the singers had cymbals and harps and one hundred twenty priests blew their trumpets, 2 Chr. 5:12.